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Yes, too much. IMO, your best option is to stay in Paris. Next best option = 5 days in Paris, 3 days in whichever other city most interests you. Try to fly out of the other city. Get a good guide book. Good luck!

Much, much too much. If you have 8 full days on the ground, not including arrival and departure days, consider Paris and one other city. If the 8 days includes travel to and from Europe, spend the whole time in Paris.

If 8 full days, consider 5 in Paris and 3 in Vienna or Prague. I don't think Zurich is a high on the list of your options as it is primarily a commercial center.

Too bad you have already booked flights. Conact your airline to see if the cost of changing to an "open jaw" itinerary (into one city and home from amother) would be reasonable. Consider that you will save the time and cost of returning from Prague (or wherever) to Paris.

Considering the distance between the cities and the very short time you have, you will want to fly to your second city from Paris unless you choose Zurich in which case the train will work.

2. I haven´t the faintest idea whether to buy a railway pass, fly or drive>

Well no to a railpass for such limited travels - best bet is to score online discounted tickets which however are sold in limited supplies and must be booked in stone weeks in advance to get and typically cannot be changed nor refunded. Check www.voyages-sncf.com for Paris to Zurich for example and www.oebb.com - the Austrian railways for Zurich to Vienna and Vienna to Prague - but you cannot easily do all those places by train or car or even plane in such a short time span.

Thanks! We´ve been to Paris a few times so will only be spending a couple of nights. That being said I think i will skip zurich and fly straight to Prague and if time permits visit Vienna Or change destination completely and maybe head to London.

NIME - I have on several occasions just arrived by train and went to the Hotel booking desk in the station and secured accommodations on site in the price range of my choice. London airports and train stations also have hotel booking offices that always IME can find rooms - I disagree with janis that you may be shut out and have to sleep on a park bench - that said you'll get better deals booking in advance and a better price if that is key to you.

You will have a hard time finding accommodations in either Vienna or London at the last minute>

that may be what you meant but not what you said - quoted above - the impression that all hotels would be full and IME that is not wrong and it is right to correct that so someone does not get a false impression by what you wrote.

What you now say makes total sense - what you previously wrote was nonsense and you upbraid me for correcting that?